Government Gazette OF THE STATE OF NEW SOUTH WALES PART 1 Week No. 22/2004 Friday, 28 May 2004 Published under authority by cmSolutions Containing numbers 88, 89 and 90 Units 5, Block V, Regents Park Industrial Estate Pages 3135 – 3218 391 Park Road, REGENTS PARK 2143 Phone: 9743 8777 Fax: 9743 8203 Email: [email protected] CONTENTS PART 1 cmSolutions Numbers 88 Attention Advertisers . SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT Rural Lands Protection Act 1998 ................................. 3135 Government Gazette inquiry times are: Monday to Friday: 8.00 am to 4.30 pm Numbers 89 Phone: (02) 9743 8777; Fax: (02) 9743 8203 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT Email: Gene Technology (GM Crop Moratorium) Act 2003 ... 3143 [email protected] Numbers 90 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT Local Government Act 1993 ........................................ 3165 DEADLINES Close of business every Wednesday Except when a holiday falls on a Friday, deadlines will be altered as per advice given on this page. Please Note: FREEDOM OF IMFORMATION ACT 1989 Summary of Affairs Government and Local Government Departments Summary of Affairs deadline for June 2004 is the 18th June 2004. The Freedom of Information is a separately bound book to the Government Gazette and the deadline needs to be met. You can arrange to have a copy of the NSW Government Gazette delivered each week by telephoning Lorraine Vass on 9743 8777 This space is now available for advertising For further information please contact: Peter Kindleysides or Denis Helm on Telephone: 9743 8777 Fax: 9743 8203 SEE the CMS Web Site at www.cms.dpws.nsw.gov.au 3135 Government Gazette OF THE STATE OF NEW SOUTH WALES Number 88 Friday, 21 May 2004 Published under authority by the Government Printing Service SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT RURAL LANDS PROTECTION ACT 1998 Section 140J Approval of Transported Stock Statements I, RICHARD FREDERICK SHELDRAKE, Director-General of the New South Wales Department of Agriculture, hereby approve, for the purposes of Section 140J(2) of the Rural Lands Protection Act 1998, the attached form marked “National Vendor Declaration (Goats) and Waybill” as a transported stock statement. Signed this 12th day of May 2004. R. F. SHELDRAKE, Director-General 3136 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT 21 May 2004 21 May 2004 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT 3137 STOCK DISEASES ACT 1923 Notification No. 1785 Footrot Protected and Protected (Control) Areas I, IAN MACDONALD MLC, NSW Minister for Primary Industries, pursuant to Section 11A of the Stock Diseases Act 1923 (“the Act”): (a) revoke Stock Diseases Notification No. 1782 published in Government Gazette No. 198 of 24 December 2003 at pages 11690, and any other previous Notifications declaring lands as footrot protected areas or protected (control) areas. (b) declare the lands described in Schedule A to be protected areas as regards the disease footrot in sheep and goats. (Those lands are referred to as “Footrot Protected Areas”, and are represented generally on the map titled “NSW Footrot Areas April 2004”). (c) declare the lands in Schedule B to be protected (control) areas as regards the disease footrot in sheep and goats. (Those lands are referred to as “Footrot Protected (Control) Areas”, and are represented generally on the map titled “NSW Footrot Areas April 2004”). (d) prohibit a person from moving sheep or goats into any protected area or protected (control) area referred to in paragraphs (b) and (c), unless: (i) the sheep or goats are moved in accordance with a permit under section 7(6) of the Act; or (ii) the sheep or goats are moved in accordance with an order under section 8(1)(b) of the Act; or (iii) all the requirements of section 20C(3) of the Act have been satisfied; or (iv) the sheep or goats are not infected with footrot and one or more of the following conditions are satisfied: � the sheep or goats are transported in a vehicle from any protected area referred to in paragraph (b) directly to any other protected area referred to in paragraph (b); � the sheep or goats are transported in a vehicle from any protected (control) area referred to in paragraph (c) directly to any other protected (control) area referred to in paragraph (c); and � the sheep or goats are accompanied by a completed Owner/Vendor Declaration of Footrot Freedom form, as approved by the Chief, Division of Animal Industries (“the declaration”), and that declaration is given to the person to whom the sheep or goats are delivered. (e) Unless otherwise specified, in this Notification a reference to a Rural Lands Protection District includes all land in that district, and a reference to a Division or part of a Division of a Rural Lands Protection District includes all land in that Division or part of a Division. Rural Lands Protection Districts are established under the Rural Lands Protection Act 1998. NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT GAZETTE No. 88 NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT GAZETTE No. 88 3136 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT 21 May 2004 21 May 2004 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT 3137 SCHEDULE A NSW FOOTROT PROTECTED AREAS North East Footrot Protected Area The Rural Lands Protection Districts of Casino, Grafton, Kempsey and Tweed/Lismore. New England Footrot Protected Area Divisions A, B, C, D, I, and J of the Northern New England Rural Lands Protection District. North West Footrot Protected Area The Rural Lands Protection Districts of Moree, Narrabri, Northern Slopes, and Tamworth. Orana Footrot Protected Area The Rural Lands Protection Districts of Coonabarabran, Coonamble, Dubbo, Mudgee/Merriwa, Nyngan and Walgett. Central West Footrot Protected Area The Rural Lands Protection Districts of Condobolin, Forbes, Molong, Division A of the Central Tablelands Rural Lands Protection District, and Division A, and the parts of Divisions B and C of the Young Rural Lands Protection District west of a line commencing at the point on the boundary between the Young and the Forbes Rural Lands Protection Districts being the western boundary of the Henry Lawson Way, thence by the western boundary of the Henry Lawson Way south to the town of Young to the point where it meets the western boundary of the Olympic Way, thence south along the western boundary of the Olympic Way to the point where it meets the boundary of the Young and Gundagai Rural Lands Protection Districts. Hunter Footrot Protected Area The Rural Lands Protection Districts of Gloucester, Hunter, and Maitland. South East Footrot Protected Area The Rural Lands Protection Districts of Bombala, Cooma, Moss Vale, South Coast, and Divisions A, C and D of the Goulburn Rural Lands Protection District. Riverina Footrot Protected Area The Rural Lands Protection Districts of Hay, Riverina, and Narrandera, and Divisions A, B and C of the Murray Rural Lands Protection District, and Divisions A and B of the Wagga Wagga Rural Lands Protection District, and Division A, and the parts of Divisions C and D that are within the Kosciuszko National Park, of the Gundagai Rural Lands Protection District, and the part of Division F that is within the Kosciuszko National Park, of the Hume Rural Lands Protection Board. Western Division Footrot Protected Area The Rural Lands Protection Districts of Balranald, Bourke, Brewarrina, Broken Hill, Cobar, Hillston, Milparinka, Wanaaring, Wentworth and Wilcannia. NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT GAZETTE No. 88 NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT GAZETTE No. 88 3138 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT 21 May 2004 21 May 2004 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT 3139 SCHEDULE B NSW FOOTROT PROTECTED (CONTROL) AREAS New England Footrot Protected (Control) Area The Armidale Rural Lands Protection District, and Divisions E, F, G, and H of the Northern New England Rural Lands Protection District. Central West Footrot Protected (Control) Area Divisions B, C, D, E, F, G and H of Central Tablelands Rural Lands Protection District, and Division D, and the parts of Divisions B and C of the Young Rural Lands Protection District east of a line commencing at the point on the boundary between the Young and the Forbes Rural Lands Protection Districts being the western boundary of the Henry Lawson Way, thence by the western boundary of the Henry Lawson Way south to the town of Young to the point where it meets the western boundary of the Olympic Way, thence south along the western boundary of the Olympic Way to the point where it meets the boundary of the Young and Gundagai Rural Lands Protection Districts. South East Footrot Protected (Control) Area The Rural Lands Protection Districts of Braidwood, Yass, and Division B of the Goulburn Rural Lands Protection District. Riverina Footrot Protected (Control) Area Division D of the Murray Rural Lands Protection District, Divisions C and D of the Wagga Wagga Rural Lands Protection District, Division B, and the parts of Divisions C and D that are not within the Kosciuszko National Park, of the Gundagai Rural Lands Protection District, and. Divisions A, B, C, D, E, G and H, and the part of Division F that is not within the Kosciuszko National Park, of the Hume Rural Lands Protection District. Notes It is an offence under section 20H(1)(a) to contravene a provision of this Notification. Maximum penalty for such an offence is $11,000. A protected (Control) Area is an area with a moderate prevalence of a disease (section 11A(1) of the Act). This is different to a Protected Area, where there is a lower prevalence of a disease (section 11A(1B) of the Act). A map of the Protected Area and the Protected (Control) Area with respect to Footrot in Sheep and Goats is published on the NSW Department of Agriculture internet web site at http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/reader/12105 A person who receives a completed Declaration form is advised to retain it as evidence of compliance with this Notification. Notification No. 1785 is the NSW Department of Agriculture's reference.